Improvement in folding wash-stands



D'. 0. PARKER.

Folding Wash-Stand.

No, 118,478. Patented Aug, 29,1871,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING WASH-STANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 118,478, dated August 29, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID OTHO PARKER, of Liverpool, in the county of Queens, Nova Scotia, and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wash-Stands, to be called or known as D. O. Parkers Magic Foldin gWash-Stand and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is a view of one leg. Fig. 3 is a view of the three legs folded for moving or transportation. Fig. 4 is a top view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved wash-stand, which shall be so constructed that it can be very easily folded for moving or transportation, which shall take up little space in the bed-room, and not be liable to have water spattered on it when used, and which shall be cheap in construction and neat in appearance; and it consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

The pieces A are the legs, the middles of which are formed with projections, and the said pieces A are connected to each other with hinges, so that they may be folded together, as shown in Fig. 3, or be spread open, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The pieces A are notched out near the top, so as to leave the slender pieces a rising several inches above the projections of the legs.

The said pieces a form arest for the wash-basin,

as shown in Fig. 1. Bis the shelf for soap-dish, &c., which rests on the projection of the legs, the said shelf having three notches in it, represented by b, into which the parts a enter, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

In adjusting the stand for service the shelf is dropped down from the top of the legs, and when in its place binds the parts firmly together. There are holes E in each leg, which make convenient places to hang towels. In Fig. 1 a towel, D, is seen hanging from one of the holes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A wash-stand, consisting of the three detachable hinged pieces A a and the shelf B b, said parts A a B I) being constructed and arranged substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

DAVID OTHO PARKER.

Witnesses:

EDWIN O. PARKER, W. DAVISON MOKEAZER. 

